--- title: Lotus Ring: The Best Inventions of 2025 description: Find out why Lotus Ring is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318226/lotus-ring/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-10-09T11:00:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:45.451Z article:section: Business og:title: Lotus Ring: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:description: Find out why Lotus Ring is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318226/lotus-ring/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35d449468e4818/6998ca4fd32e930b46cd7634/lotus-ring-time-best-inventions-2025-33.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lotus Ring: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lotus Ring: The Best Inventions of 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Lotus Ring is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35d449468e4818/6998ca4fd32e930b46cd7634/lotus-ring-time-best-inventions-2025-33.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Lotus Ring Point-and-click smart-home ring by [Chris Stokel-Walker](https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker  Peter Garritano for TIME Dhaval Patel has spent his life relying on crutches to walk, and would often leave lights on rather than struggle to get up to adjust them. Eventually, the former Apple engineer quit his job to build [Lotus](https://getlotus.com/), an accessibility device that lets you turn on or off a lightswitch or TV simply by pointing at it. Press a button on the rechargeable ring—the battery lasts four to six months—and an infrared signal triggers specialized covers that flip switches without any rewiring, apps, or the need to get up. It’s like a universal remote you can wear. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318226/lotus-ring/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318226/lotus-ring/"},"headline":"Lotus Ring","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:45.451Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318226/lotus-ring/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35d449468e4818/6998ca4fd32e930b46cd7634/lotus-ring-time-best-inventions-2025-33.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35d449468e4818/6998ca4fd32e930b46cd7634/lotus-ring-time-best-inventions-2025-33.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318226/lotus-ring/","name":"Lotus Ring"}}]}] ```